Drain for hosiery form



NOV. 15, 1938., r w SCHWARTZ 2,136,526

DRAIN FOR HOSIERY FORM Filed March 3, 1956 s Sheets-Sheet 1 W. M. SCHWARTZ DRAIN FOR 'HOSIERY FORM Nov, 15, 1938.

Filed March 5, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 rzuezzor-1- Walter M Selig/011 5 w. M. SCHWARTZ 2,136,526

DRAIN FOR HOSIERY FORM Nov. 15, 1938.

3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Fiied March a, 1936 Patented Nov. 15 1 938 UNITED 5TATES PATEN QF'FIC This invention relates to vhoisery driers, particularly automatic driers such, for example, as those of the type disclosed inU. S. Letters Patent No. 1,112,320, dated September 29, 19.14, and especially when such a drier is equipped with a device of the type disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent .No. 1,576,333, dated March 9, 1926, or that disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,006,501,

dated July 2, 1935 forspraying or otherwise moistening hosiery after the stockings have been placed on drying forms and prior to the entrance of the forms into the drying chamber.

In an apparatus of the above type, it has been found that in some instances after the stockings .have been moistened a portion of the moisture runs down and accumulates at the bottom of the form and after the form passes into the drying chamber this moisture drips onto the underlying operating parts of the drier, resulting in the mechanism of the drier becoming rusted, frequently to an extent Where the operation of the mechanism is impaired. i

The object of the present invention is to eliminate .the above noted condition by providing suitable drains for catching the excess moisture, preferably by providing each form with a suitable catch drain or gutter below the lowermost edge of the stocking and providing each catch drain with a spout arranged to communicate with and discharge the moisture into a stationary'trough running parallel to the path of movement of the form from'the moistener to and through at least a portion of the drying chamber, said trough in turn being connected to asuitabl drain by which the moisture in the trough is carried away from the machine.

The construction and operation of the mechanism forming the subject of the present invention will be fully disclosed hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of which:

Fig. 1 is an end View of an automatic hosiery drier equipped in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

. Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly in section and showing the relation of the spraying device, a form and the drain trough;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the lower portion of a. hosiery drying form equipped with a catch drain in accordance with the principles of the present invention;

' .Fig. 4 is an edge view of the form shown in Fi 3;

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view taken onth Fig. 6 is a Vertical section taken on the line 6 6, Fig.3. i

As shown in Fig. 1 oithe drawings of the present case and in the drawings of the patents above noted, the automatic hosiery drier comprises a base structure]! having a track 2 arranged in a rectangular course and on which ride the formsupporting carriages. The carriages and the ,forms respectively supported thereby are propelled along the tract: 2 by spiral cams 5, or equivalent mechanism, mounted in the base I.

Above the base I and extending along and above the rear run of the track 2 thereof is a drying chamber 5 into which the drying forms pass in succession, the drying chamber being provided with an entrance slot through which the forms .3 pass.

'I vfront of the drying chamber and in the present instance supported by the base I is a spraying device I which, as shown in Fig. 2,

comprises a pair of box-like structures la and lb spaced apartlaterally to provide a channel 8, through which the forms ,3 pass.

Each of the structures la and 1b encloses spraying or other moistening mechanism such as disclosed in the last two above noted patents and which f or ms no part of the present invention.

.The moistening devices la, 11) direct a body of moisture toward each of the opposite sides of the form 3 respectively for moistening the stockings carried on the forms 3, 3 as the forms pass through the channel 8 on way to the drying chamberfi.

As shown inFigs. 3 to 6, each form is supportedby a bracket) which includes a spindle portion 9 which is rotatably'mounted in the ,form supporting carriage as shown in said armbeing provided at its'ou er' end with a vermany extending ear l2,said ears'bei'ng disposed inla common vertical plane and'spaced laterally from" each other to provide an open space l3 therebetween'. 1

The form 3 isnormally secured in position against one face of the ears [2, l2 by bolts M, which pass through saidears, through the form, and through clampplates l5, [5 which correspond in s'hapeto the upper ends of the ears [2,12 respectively.

In the present, instance, each form 3 is provided with a catch drain ,or gutter 16, at each of its opposite sides, and which extend across theiull width of andbeyond the side edges 3b and 3c of the lower portion of the form 3. between the upper edges of the ears [2 and clamp plates [5 and the lower edge 1: of the stocking a: on the form, whereby any moisture running down the form from the stocking will be caught by the drain gutters l6, Hi.

In the present instance, these gutters l6, [6 are formed by flaring the upper ends or edges Ila, Ila of plates H, I! outwardly from the planes of the opposite sides respectively of the form 3.

The plates IT, IT extend downwardly between the inner faces of the ears l2 and one face of the form 3, in one instance, and between the inner faces of the clamp plates [5 and the opposite face of the form 3 in the other instance, said plates being held firmly in contact with the opposite faces of the form 3-by clamp bolts l4.

One of the plates ll, that is, the one bearing against the ears I2, is longer than the other plate which latter terminates at the lower ends of the clamp plates l5 and the substantially coinciding lower edge 3a of the form 3, the longer of the two plates being bent substantially at right angles to the plane of the body of the plate as indicated at l8 with said right angle portion resting on a shoulder 19 provided on the formsupporting ears l2, l2. The other of the plates ll bends outwardly substantially at right angles to the plane of the body thereof, as indicated at 20, said right angle portions i9 and 2B of the plates l1, l1 being substantially parallel and spaced one above the other and connected by semi-circular portion 2| which provides a horizontally extending channel 22 below the lower edge 3a of the form 3.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the plates I1, I! extend laterally beyond the side edges 3b and 3c of the form 3. It will also be noted in Fig. 3 that the lower end of the form 3 is cut out as indicated at 3d providing depending portions 36, 3e which are clamped between the ears l2 and plates i5 and which provides an open space 23 therebetween which is of a width substantially equal to the Width of the space I3 between the ears [2, I2.

At one side of the form 3, the plates [1, I! are bent toward each other and secured together as by welding or soldering, as indicated at 24 in Figs. 3 and 5, and at the lower part of the connected edges 24 of the plates 11, I1, and communicating with the channel 22, and projecting laterally from the form 3, is a spout 25.

With the mechanism so far described moisture running down the form 3 will be trapped by the drain gutters H5, H5 and will run along the said gutters toward the closed end 24 of the drain structure and out through the spout 25, by reason of the inclination of the forms as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The moisture running along the one portion 36 of the form most distant from the spout 25 will pass into the opening 23, then downwardly between the plates l1, 11 into the channel 22, which extends the full width of the form and beyond the side edges thereof and below the lower edge 3a of the form, to the spout 25.

The moisture running along the other portion 36 of the form, that is, the portion nearest the spout 25, will pass inwardly around the edge 30 of the form and run down between theplates H, H, between the edge 30 of the form and the closed end 24 of the drain structure.

Any moisture running down the edge 3b of the form will pass downwardly between the plates [1,

I! and under the lower edge 3a of the form and into and along the channel 22.

Thus it will be seen that regardless of what portion of the form the moisture may run down it will be trapped by the drain device and directed into the spout 25 before it has an opportunity to drop onto any of the mechanism above which the form may pass.

The base portions 26a, 26b of the moistening or spray box structures la and lb are hollow as indicated at 21a and 211) respectively for collecting moisture which runs down the inside of the moistener housings la and lb, said moisture being drained from the hollow bases 21a and 211) by suitable drains 28a and 2812 respectively which carry the moisture away from the machine.

In order to trap any moisture that may fall through the channel 8 at opposite sides of a form 3 positioned in the channel during the moistening operation, the bases of the spray boxes 1a-'lb are provided with horizontally extending troughs 29a and 291) respectively, the inner edges of which are spaced apart just sufliciently to permit the spindle structure [0 of the form 3 to pass therebetween.

In the present instance, the troughs 29a and 29b extend parallel to the path of movement of the forms 3 from the hollow bases 21a, 21b of the moistening device I to the place where said forms enter the drying chamber 6, and the trough 29b which is disposed at that side of the form toward which the spout 25 projects, extends rearwardly from the moistening device to a position beyond the rear edge of the underlying housing I, whereby any moisture passing out of the spout 25 will be caught by the trough 29b and carried back into the hollow housing 21b of the structure Tb, passing into said hollow base through a passage 36b, whereby the moisture may pass away from the machine through the drain 28b. The trough 29a communicates with the hollow base 2111 through a corresponding opening 30a.

The trough 29a is shorter than the trough 29b for the reason that the forms 3 after passing into the drying chamber 6 move in a direction at right angles to the direction in which they move into the drying chamber. Consequently, the trough 29b is used for receiving the moisture from the spouts 25 of the driers.

If desired, the trough 29b may be provided with a lateral extension which may extend below the ends of the spouts 25 as the forms move in said right angle direction through the drying chamber from the one end to the other end thereof, but it has been found that before this right angle movement of the forms begins the excess moisture from the stockings on the forms has in normal cases been evacuated from the forms. Hence it is necessary to extend the trough 2912 only to the rear edge of the housing I.

I claim:

1. The combination of a hosiery form adapted to support a moist stocking vertically, and a drain structure comprising a plate bent around the lower edge of the form and extending upward along and parallel to the opposite faces respectively of the form with the upper edges of the upwardly extending portions of the plate spaced from said opposite faces of the form to catch moisture passing down said form.

2. The combination of a hosiery form adapted to support a moist stocking vertically, and a drain structure comprising a plate bent around and spaced from the lower edge of the form to form a channel below the form and having the opposite ends of the plate extending upward along and parallel to the *oppositeiaces respectively of the form with the upperedges-of the upwardly extending portions of the plate spaced from said opposite' faoes o'f the form to catchmoisturepassing down said form and to direct said moisture into said-channel.

3. The combination of a hosiery form-adapted to support a moist stocking vertically, a drain structure comprising a plate bent around and spaced *fromthe lower edge of the form to form a channel below the -form and having the opposite ends of the plate extending upward along and parallel to the opposite faces respectively of the form with the upper edges of the upwardly extending portions of the plate spaced from said opposite faces-ofthe formto'catch moisture passing down said form and to-direct said moisture into said channel, and a spout at one end of said channel for carrying said moisture away from said form.

4. The-combination of a-hosiery form adapted to support a moist stocking vertically, a drain structure comprising -a plate bent around and spaced fromthe lovver'edge ofthe'form to form a channel below the=formand having the opposite ends of the plate extending upward along and parallel to the opposite faces respectively of the form and outwardly beyond the side edges of the form and joined together in spaced relation to at least one of said side edges with the upper edges of the upwardly extending portions of the plate spaced from said opposite faces of the form to catch moisture passing down said form and to direct said moisture into said channel, and a spout at one end of said channel for carrying said moisture away from said form.

5. The combination of a fiat imperforate hosiery form adapted for supporting a moist stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, and a drain on the form below the stocking and above the support, for catching moisture passing down the form with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain,

said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track.

6. The combination of a fiat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, means for moistening the stocking on the form, and a drain on the form below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down the form with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track.

7. The combination of a fiat imperforate hosiery form adapted to sup-port a moist stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, means for drying the stocking on the form, and a drain on the form below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down the form at the beginning of said drying with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track.

8. The combination of a flat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a stocking in a Vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a

track for supporting and guiding said swivel sup- .port, means for moistening the stocking on the form, means for drying the stocking on the form,

and admin on the form, below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down the form duringsaid moistening and at the beginning of said drying with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between thestocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track.

-'9.- The combination of a fiatimperforate hosiiorm means for drying the stocking on'the form,

means for passingthe form through the moistening means into the drying means, and a drain on the form below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down the formduring-said moistening and at the beginning of said drying with the'surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture betweenthestocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track.

10. The combination of a flat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, means for moistening the stocking on the form, means for drying the stocking on the form, means for passing the form through the moistening means into the drying means, a drain on the form below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down the form with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track, and a drain extending along the path of movement of said form and arranged tocatch moisture passing from said form-carried drain during said moistening and at the beginning of said drying and while the form is passing from the moistening to the drying means.

11. The combination of a fiat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a moist stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, a drain carried by said form below said stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down said form, with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track, a spout communicating with said drain and carrying said moisture away from said form, means for advancing the form and its support along a predetermined path, and means extending along said path for receiving the moisture from said spout enroute.

12. The combination of a flat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a moist stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, a drain carried by said form below said stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down said form with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track, a spout communicating with said drain and carrying said moisture away from said form, means for advancing the form and its support along a predetermined path, and a trough extending parallel to and at one side of the path of movement of said form for receiving the moisture from said spout enroute.

1 The combination of a fiat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, means for moistening said stocking on said form, means for advancing said form and its support along a predetermined path away from said moistening means, a drain carried by the form below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down said form with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track, and a drain communicating with and extending from said moistening means along the path of movement of said form for receiving the moisture from the form-carried drain and returning said moisture to said moistening means.

The combination of a flat imperforate hosiery form adapted to support a stocking in a vertical position, a swivel support for the form, a track for supporting and guiding said swivel support, means for moistening said stocking on said form, means for advancing said form and its support along a predetermined path away from said moistening means, a drain carried by the form below the stocking and above the support for catching moisture passing down said form with the surface of the form providing an unobstructed passage for said moisture between the stocking and the drain, said drain preventing said moisture from passing down to said swivel support and said track, a drain communicating with and extending from said moistening means along the path of movement of said form for receiving the moisture from the form-carried drain and returning said moisture to said moistening means, and means for removing said drainage from said moistening means.

WALTER M. SCHWARTZ. 

